DIY Sheer Pleated Skirt

Am back from an amazing trip to Rome and overflowing with DIY ideas! There was so much DIY inspiration everywhere I went. Had to repost these images from Andy of Style Scrapbook, she made her own sheer pleated maxi skirt. I've been loving the sheer maxi skirt recently and just like Andy I've been hard pressed to find a good one. She has cleverly used pre-pleated black sheer fabric which takes all the stress out of doing the pleats yourself (I've done that only once before and it was a nightmare).

All you need to do is:
1. Buy a couple of metres of black lightly pleated fabric and some skinny elastic.
2.  Cut the length of the skirt by measuring it on yourself or on a maxi skirt you already own. For the width, ensure it is 1.5 or 2 times the width of your waist (the wider the fabric is the more pleated the skirt will end up being).
3. Measure and cut the elastic to your waist.
4. Create the lightly pleated waist by folding over the top edge of the fabric and sewing along it so that there is a 1 inch wide pocket along the top. Thread the elastic along the top. Secure the ends of the elastic together.
4. Sew the fabric along the the long length side to finish the skirt.
Andy has done a very sweet detail by leaving the top of the waistband raw. You can do this by creating the waistband 'pocket' for the elastic along the width of the skirt an inch down from the top by folding over and sewing.